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Fun v4 backfill. I was focused on not tapping, moving or double grabbing my feet or hands. Not perfect technique - I needed to lean over my right foot more so I didn't swing off going from the volume to hold - but otherwise what I was aiming for.#bouldering #climbing #boulderinggym #gymclimbing @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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Great slab problem for working on foot precision. It took a while for me to realize that in order to get my hips and chest pressed into the wall and balanced enough to lift my right foot onto a blind foot hold, I had to pivot my left foot so it was straight. The hold for the left hand on the volume is about the size of a wad of gum (and less sticky!). Then the next move (unless you're taller) involves momentum/weight shift/Lil dynamic movement. And no your internet isn't buffering; I really did hold frozen there trying to sustain perfect balance while calming and focusing my mind. This was intentional: learning to trust being up there, balancing and going for a challenging movement. It was brain training more than physical training. Great v3 to train some more technical skills. Gotta love the applause at the end 👏 😂. If only all things ended like that. 😆🤣#slabcity #climbing #bouldering #slabday #climbmore @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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3 days ago

Got my first bat hang. A fun problem I think I worked on 6 times over two sessions before finally getting this one. I'll need to clean up my technique, but pleased with the send, since just getting the hang, given I'm not great at toe catches, was good progress. Having a bat hang problem at v4 is fantastic. It really gives you the opportunity to develop skills and techniques early on in your climbing career, as opposed to not seeing this until much higher grades when the rest of the problem is also extremely hard. Huge props to the @hogtownboulders setting team. As always: sick sets!#bouldering #climber #climbing #bathang #boulderinglife by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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4 days ago

Happy 8th birthday to this guy, Kodi (Kodiak). Loving him, through sickness, loss, major change, moves, talking to thousands of people only because of him, negotiating a pandemic, the novelty wearing off, has fundamentally changed who I am for the better. I didn't really understand what life was about before him. Thanks bud. Here's to more adventures together!#dogs #husky #malamute #snowdog #dogsofinstagram by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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5 days ago

Working on the bat hang @hannah_climbs87133 We're both going to get our respective bat hang projects! Another big thanks to @jeremy_climbs for the spot to get me to the point of being able to feel where my feet needed to be without worrying about a harsh fall.#bathang #bouldering #climbing #boulderlife #climbinggym @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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7 days ago

Huge thanks to @chisingdragon @jeremy_climbs and @eh_.n3 for the beta and encouragement throughout this sesh. Fun times with great people (with heart broken side discussion about England's exit from the wc with @duckaz). Finally got this v4 with a tough start and third to last sloper hold. Great technical and strength based problem for the day. Last but not least, the v4 bat cave climb; and 2 v4 slabs and I'll have completed my main projects for once!!!#climbingsession #sesh #bouldering #climbing #geterdone @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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8 days ago

My favorite part of this was the working commentary with @chaosnkettles and @chisingdragon We were talking about what the grade would be on this and how much power was needed and strength for the pinches and whether and what sort of addition could happen. My vote is leaving it as is and making it a v4! But we shall see. This was my third attempt on it and I was trying to demonstrate that I was gassed by the time I got to the pinches. But then I did a better job with my feet and wasn't as gassed! Still locked off too much before going to the pinch, but I'll perfect my technique in the next sesh. Love these new sets. Next up, the white v4 bat hang in the cave and the pink v4 on the lesser overhang wall. Both are v4/v5ish in my mind and are exceptional sets in terms of their technical and power requirements. There were also 20 kids in the gym, hence the background noise!#bouldering #climbing #boulderingsession #overhang @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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11 days ago

May North Carolina paramedic Ashley Moore now rest in peace. May her two young sons and her two pups find adequate support in their grief and for their survival and hopefully eventual flourishing.I get so incredibly angry with the number of drivers who murder people, often cyclists and pedestrians, with their vehicles because they have willingly chosen to drink alcohol or get high and then drive. I am so thankful to finally see proper criminal charges - murder - being laid on these individuals. For too long we've given leniency to people who kill others with their cars because a car has not been seen as what it is: a tool that can become a weapon if not used with care and responsibility. Getting caught driving drunk or high should result in automatic license suspension for life. There is absolutely no excuse, no lack of knowledge about the potential consequences of your actions. Injure or kill someone while drunk or high, you should be charged with homicide, attempted murder or murder; you've got a loaded weapon you've used to irreparably harm or kill another person with intention. The intention begins with your willingness to drink or get high and extends through getting in the car. Unless you can prove you were forced, with threat of death, to get behind the wheel, you were not compelled, forced or unaware of what you were doing; no matter how out of it you are (otherwise every person who gets drunk or high would be compelled to drive). I hope the individual who slammed his car at high speed while drunk, into the ambulance carrying Ms. Moore while she attended to a patient, comes to terms with what he's done while in prison. May he use that time - time a woman and her sons will never get - to become something more than he is now. @cleveland.county@clevelandcountysheriffsoffice#drunkdrivingkills #madd #northcarolina by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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15 days ago

Glad I got a ride in before the rain hit. I was feeling really good until I realized the Province, The City and Metrolinx (and likely some shady development kickback s--t to avoid developing in more suitable places), has now destroyed two large sections of two of my favorite linking trails (or easy, zone 2 rides). At first I couldn't figure out why The Flats was so overgrown. I realized it halfway through the trail. Are the dirt jumps still there/accessible? I guess I'll take the modified trails that form the Ridge/Sanitation/ line next time. I'm not sure where you'd take beginners now, to get them comfortable riding singletrack. Suggestions?#cycling #mtb #mountainbiking #donvalleytrails #mtblife by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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16 days ago

Not a bad way to start the day. Couple hours on the Don trails this morning. Post ride muffin and coffee. Does life get much better? No.#mtb #mountainbiking #ontariomountainbiking #donvalleytrails #singletrack by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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18 days ago

Took last week off to rest my body a bit and felt way better on the wall. I took it really easy coming back so just worked this a few times to get some overhang and some dynamic movement in. #bouldering #climbing #climberslife @hogtownboulders by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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19 days ago

Finally got myself out for a quick little spin on the trails. It was about an hour and a half round trip, which is short for a trail ride because it includes my road ride to and home from the trails. I hit four or five jumps at medium speed and didn't crash! Wow have i ever missed mtbing. @batemansbikeco I'll be in for a tune-up soon!#mtb #cycling #mountainbiking #donvalleymtb by @evanrunsridesclimbs

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22 days ago